Miners outfit



(No Model.)

E. WILLIAMS, J12, & D. E. KELLER.

- MINERS OUTFIT.

No. 366,907 Patented July 19, 1887. i. 3/

- ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDVARD \VILLTAMS, JR, AND DAVID E. KELLER, OFOENTRALIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MINERS OUTFIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,907, dated July 19, 1887.

Application filed May 3, 1887. Serial No. 236,957. (No model.)

a small chamber, f. The opposite end of the To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we,. EDWARD XVILLIAMS, box is closed by a circular plate, f. (Shown J12, and DAVID E. KELLER, of Centralia, in the in Fig. 3.) This plate forms a flange, as shown county of Columbia and State ofPennsylvania, in Fig. 1, and it is slotted, as shown at ff have invented a new and Improved Miners in Fig. 3, to pass the fasteninghooksf, so that 55 Outfit, of which the following is a full, clear, by simply turning the box solid portions of the and exact description. flange will come in line with the hooksf and The object of our invention is to provide a thus fasten the box in place. Upon the box practical and convenient outfit or supply-case F is placed the sleeve or tube H, which is [O for miners use, to carry squibs, paper, small adapted to turn freely upon the box. On this 60 tools, &c.,whieh will protect the contents from tube or sleeve is wound the roll of blast-papcr dampness and furnish separate compartments J, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. To the for the small articles used in mines. front wall of the main body A is secured near Reference is to be had to the accompanyi g its upper edge the inclined flange K, which drawings, forming a part of this specification, serves as a paper-cutter for convenience in cut- 6 in which similar letters of reference indicate ting th Paper J i t itable l ths f corresponding parts in all the figures. By removing the cap F the contents of the Figure l is a broken plan view of our new tubular boxFmay be conveniently reached,and and improved miners outfit,showing the cover the said box may be easily removed from the open. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation, taken on openingsf and from the sleeve H and replaced 0 the line 00 x in Fig. 1, showing the lid closed; when the latter is to be refilled with paper. and Fig. 3 is a detailed end view showing the At the back of the main body A is secured squib-holder. the loop L, in which a flat file may be conven- The invention will first be described in coniently carried with and made a part'ol' the outnection with the drawings, and then pointed fig. out in the claims. Having thus described our invention, what A represents the main body or casing of the we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letbox, made preferably of tin or other sheet ters Patents, ismetal, and B represents the lid, hinged to the 1. The body A, formed with several com- 0 body A by suitable hinges, a. The lid is propartrnents and provided with the openingsf, So vided with the hooks b I), to enter the staples in combination with the tubular box F and b in the front of the body A, for fastening the sleeve H, placed on the box F within the body lid in closed position, and it is provided at the A, substantially as described. top with the handle B, for convenience in car- 3 2. The body A of the box, formed or pro 5 rying the outfit. XVithin the body A are sevided with the paper-cutter K and formed cured the two partitions O G, which divide the with several compartments, in combination boxinto the three compartmentsDDD The with the tube lI, held upon the box F, subcompartment D is provided with a lid, E, and stantially as described. in it may be carried a package of squibs. A The bodyA ofthebox,having correspond- 0 small transverse partition, (2, is fitted in the ing openings,f, formed in opposite walls, in compartment D,to form a small-compartment, combination with the box F, of greater length d, for matches. In the central compartment than the body A, fitted in the openingsfand may be carried soap and cotton or other simiprovided with a cover, F, at the outside of lar materials. In compartment D is fitted a the body A, substantially as described. 45 tubular box, F, for squibs. This tubular box T is of alength somewhat greater than the width f gf l of the main body A of the box, and it passes J through openingsff made in the side walls of XVitnesses: the body A. The open end of this tubular box PETER H. LoErER, 50 is closed by a cap, F, held to the body A by \VM. D. REEsE. 

